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Yankees' players-only meeting addresses weak offense

Chase Headley

Chase Headley #12 of the New York Yankees follows through on a second inning two run double against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium on August 21, 2014 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

NEW YORK — Third baseman Chase Headley said Yankees hitters held a players-only meeting to talk about jumpstarting the bats.

Other players, however, were a little more tight-lipped about the get-together at Yankee Stadium.

"We just told Derek (Jeter) how much we didn't like him," Gardner said, smiling.

Then Gardner got real, admitting that position players wanted to talk about their season-long offensive struggles and to put them behind them. It helped a little Thursday as the Yankees earned a 3-0 win. They jumping out to an early lead, which starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy protected, throwing a complete game.

Headley said the Yankees decided something during the meeting: "Enough is enough," he said. "Lets go."

"We understand that we're a lot better offensively than we've shown," said the third baseman, whose two-run double sparked the team. "So that was kind of a point of emphasis — to come out with a little bit of fire."

Headley wouldn't say where the meeting happened, but said that players felt like they needed to get "on the same page."

"Just guys getting together about how we can get going," Headley said. "What we can get better at. It's not a matter of trying harder. I promise you it's not a lack of effort here."

It was the first players-only meeting the Yankees have had this season since Headley joined the team in late July.

"We know that we can play a lot better than we have for the last 40 games or whatever we have left," he said. "We've got to go out and play the type of baseball that we know we can."